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ONS publishes statistics on young people in England and Wales

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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published a set of statistics on young people, including marriages, parenthood, labour market status, NEETs (not in education, employment or training), deaths due to drug misuse, crime and living with parents.

Most facts are related to those aged between 16 and 24.

The key findings are:

12% of the population in England and Wales were aged 16–24 in 2011, down from 16% in 1911

In 2012, 14% of brides were under 25, compared with 76% in the late 1960s

4% of live births in 2013 were to mothers aged under 20, the same as in 1938

The number of young people aged 16–24 in full-time education more than doubled between 1984 and 2013

A young person’s labour market status partly depends on whether or not they are in full-time education

955,000 young people in the UK were NEET in 2014

In 2013, 49% of 20–24 year olds in the UK lived with their parents, up from 42% in 2008